3. Ensure that you have access to the console port on your Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch host.

4. Before you begin installing the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software, make sure that the Sun operating system is properly installed. Table 3-1 provides the location of the installation procedure you might require.

Table 3-1 Installation Overview and Reference Sections

Condition

Action

The Sun Solaris 10 operating system is not yet installed, you must first install it.

Cautions, Notes, and Tips

Caution To prevent the system from running out of disk space during installation and to avoid removal of data files and databases to compensate, you must first verify that there is enough hard disk space to support your intended installation. To get free space, you can delete the following files:

Note If you modify any file in the /etc directory, you must reboot the Solaris 10 operating system for the changes to take effect.

Note Monitor system output frequently for error messages during the installation process and correct any error conditions before continuing with the installation.

Tip Allow for at least 2 hours to install the Sun Solaris 10 operating system and approximately 1 hour to install the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software.

Note After the installation of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software, you may see the following informational messages at login:hostagt: GetSNMPPort: no snmp entry in /etc/services at line 118 in file getport.chostagt: snmp port is 161 from #define SNMP_PORT at line 123 in file getport.cIgnore these messages.

Note Before you begin this procedure, the Solaris 10 operating system and Solaris 10 operating environment should be already installed on your system.

Note Remove /usr/ucb from the path environment variable before the initial installation of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software. However, if /usr/ucb is needed, make sure that it is located in the path variable in the user profile after /usr/sbin.

Note In order for you to enable the SIP Improved Failover Support feature, both Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch systems must be in the same Virtual LANs (VLANs). A trunk line between the two switches must be connected and configured for the SIP Improved Failover Support feature to work. However, if SIP Improved Failover Support is not required on your system, then the trunk line is not mandatory.

Installing Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Software on a Simplex System

To install the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software, complete the following steps:

Step 6 Enter y to install the CSCOgu000 utilities package on this host.

Step 7 The system begins to display various configuration settings for the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software. We recommend that you accept the default values (by pressing Enter). You can, however, specify a different user ID and a group ID. If the ID you specify already exists on the system, the existing ID is reused, or you are prompted to enter another ID. The configuration settings are as follows:

Base directory for CiscoMGC (default /opt/CiscoMGC) [?,q]

Enter CiscoMGC user name [mgcusr]

Enter CiscoMGC UID [20000]

Enter CiscoMGC group name [mgcgrp]

Enter CiscoMGC GID [20000]

WARNING: setting mode of </etc/init.d/inetinit> to default mode (644)

[mgcgrp] group added

[mgcusr] user added

Modifying /etc/init.d/inetinit

Caution No validation is performed on the IDs you enter. If you enter an invalid ID, the utilities package does not add any accounts.

The system returns the following message, stating that the CSCOgu000 utilities package was successfully installed:

Installation of <CSCOgu000> was successful.

Step 8 If the system indicates that you need to reboot after installing the utilities package, proceed to Step 8a. Otherwise, proceed to Step 9.

Note Rebooting may take approximately 5 minutes.

a. Enter the command displayed on the screen and press Enter.

# shutdown -y -g0 -i6

Note If the command shown on the screen does not work, you can enter the /usr/sbin/reboot commandto reboot the system.

Note If you have installed the Solaris DiskSuite package (CSCOh023) on your system, the messages below are displayed during system boot. They are normal Solaris DiskSuite startup messages and do not indicate any problem with your system.

Note During the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software installation, you may see a warning similar to the following one in the system output:Optimal Performance of this Software Requires 2.048 Gb of Memory!!Ignore this warning because it is caused by an error in the install.sh script.

Step 12 Enter eject and press Enter to open the CD-ROM drive door after the installation is completed. Remove the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software CD from the tray.

Note You can also download the Cisco Security package (CSCOh020) from Cisco.com. For example, download the CSCOh020 package to the /opt/SW folder on the platform and use the command, pkgadd -d /opt/SW/CSCOh020.pkg. Make sure you downloads the platform-specific package for your platform (Sparc-based or Opteron-based).

Step 2 Press Enter to select the default value. Text similar to the following is displayed:

If you need to make further changes to the sudo policy, edit the policy in /etc/sudoers.

Installing the License File

To manage licenses, Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch provides license files that are stored in a directory where Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch obtains the required license information. Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch uses the license file to enforce the capacity and features available. For more information about License features on the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch, see the Licensing Features for the PGW 2200 at:

Installing on a Fault Tolerant System

Caution To ensure the successful installation of a fault tolerant configuration, you must provision the software for the active Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch host after
Step 10 of the
"Installing the Cisco Security Package (CSCOh020)" section, before proceeding to
Step 1, below. See the
Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Release 9.8 Provisioning Guide for information about the following:

Only one active provisioning session is permitted, and provisioning is permitted only on the active Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch host.

Exit the provisioning session on the active host and continue to
Step 1, below. If the software is not provisioned after it is installed on the active Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch host, the standby host is not synchronized with the active host. As a result, a forced switchover might cause the switchover to fail.

To install the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch software on a fault-tolerant system (one with two Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch hosts and Cisco SS7 interfaces), complete the following steps.

Note The MGC_install.log and the MGC_pkgerrors.log are stored in the /var/adm directory.

Note Always check the Release Notes for the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch Release 9.8(1) to ensure that you have the latest required patch version released by Cisco on your system, CD, or file system (if downloaded previously from cisco.com).